Opportunity Details: Urgent

IVUmed is seeking a urologist with prior international experience to provide education and mentoring for its Traveling Resident Scholarship Program in Kampala Uganda, from March 16-29, 2010. This program sends a mentor paired with a urology resident from the United States to a host country to collaborate with local physicians.

During this program physicians from the United States provide training in the techniques they use at home, while receiving training from our hosts in the techniques used in settings with limited resources. The physicians from the United States gain beneficial surgical experiences and insights into a different medical care system, while our hosts receive valuable training in techniques requiring newer technology.

This workshop will take place at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. The hospital is the national referral hospital for Uganda, and has approximately 1500 beds. It is affiliated with Makerere University School of Medicine. Please note that while we have conducted a site visit at this location, this will be our first workshop at Mulago Hospital. 

A typical day of work will consist of rounds, surgery, and lectures. The volunteer's primary responsibilities are to provide education to the local physicians and to mentor the residents at the workshop from the United States. Volunteers with academic backgrounds can present PowerPoint presentations. Community urologists will present more informal topics of their practical experience such as their approach to impotence, infertility and the management of other clinical problems.

We expect that the procedures performed will include open stone surgery, benign prostate surgery, and incontinence procedures.  Prior to the workshop, volunteers will be able to communicate with our hosts to determine the educational content of the mission, including what cases and topics our hosts would like to review.

• IVUmed
• Uganda